110: Chapter 110 Xiao Caiyue: This person is probably not a good person!

Ye Changge looked at Xiao Caiyue in his arms, her hair disheveled and tear stains still lingering at the corners of her eyes, and knew in his heart that he could not go any further today.

He gently wrapped his arm around her waist and said softly:

"Caiyue, let's stop here for today. I will go back and prepare the items needed for Dual Cultivation, then find a suitable day. You are tired today, so get some rest."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Caiyue quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She had just been almost limp in his arms, having nearly exhausted the strength to even stand.

If Ye Changge had wanted to continue, she really did not know if she would have been able to hold on.

She lowered her eyes and softly replied with an "Mn," her voice as thin as a mosquito's hum:

"Thank you, husband..."

Ye Changge helped her up, carefully placed her on a chair, and straightened her messy lapels, his movements gentle and considerate.

He lowered his head and planted a light kiss on her forehead, saying softly:

"Rest well, I will come again another day."

Having said that, he turned and pushed the door open to leave, his footsteps gradually fading away.

The door gently closed.

Xiao Caiyue sat alone in the chair, not moving for a long time.

The room was silent, and the daylight from outside the window spilled in through the carved window lattice, casting mottled light and shadows on the floor.

She sat blankly for a moment, then suddenly raised her hand and touched her cheek—it was burning hot.

She looked down at herself.

Her water-blue wide-sleeved dress was crumpled into a ball, her lapels were disheveled, and the wide sleeves had slipped down from her wrists, revealing a section of fair arm.

Her jet-black long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, draped over her shoulders, making her already fair skin appear even more lustrous.

Xiao Caiyue looked at her flushed face in the bronze mirror, as well as those eyes still glistening with moisture, and suddenly let out a soft laugh.

"You usually pride yourself on being calm and dignified; why are you so... so useless today?"

Recalling how she had been limp in his arms just now, unable to even stand steadily, her cheeks burned again.

She laughed at her own incompetence.

"Forget it."

She sighed softly and pushed herself up from the chair's armrest, slowly standing up.

Her legs were still a bit weak; she stood holding the edge of the table for a moment before gradually regaining some strength.

She walked to the bronze mirror and began to tidy her appearance.

When everything was tidied up, the person in the mirror had returned to her usual dignified appearance.

It was just that deep within those eyes, a trace of lingering moisture still remained.

Xiao Caiyue looked at the mirror for a moment, then suddenly turned around and pushed the door open to leave.

Qingxuan Immortal City, East District.

Deep in a quiet alleyway stood an inconspicuous two-story building.

The building's facade was simple, with no sign, only an extremely faint Talisman mark carved on the lintel; if one didn't look carefully, it would be impossible to notice.

Xiao Caiyue stood in front of the door, took a deep breath, and pushed it open to enter.

Behind the door was a narrow corridor with dim light. She walked to the end of the corridor and pushed open a slightly ajar wooden door.

Behind the door was an empty room, with only a black square table placed in the center. The table was empty, and the surrounding walls were bare, without even a single window.

Xiao Caiyue walked to the table and stood still, speaking in a calm tone:

"Intelligence on Ye Changge of the Lingxiao Sect, Longmai Mountain."

As soon as her voice fell, a hoarse voice that seemed to come from underground echoed in the empty room:

"Two thousand Spirit Stone."

Xiao Caiyue nodded slightly, took two thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stone from her Storage Pouch, and placed them into a hidden compartment that suddenly appeared on the table.

The moment the Spirit Stone fell into the compartment, they were sucked away by an invisible force and disappeared without a trace.

The next moment, the compartment popped back out, and a cyan jade slip lay quietly inside.

Xiao Caiyue picked up the jade slip and pressed it against her forehead.

The moment her Divine Sense probed inside, a massive amount of information flooded in like a tide—

Ye Changge, Old Ancestor of the Ye Family of Longmai Mountain, approximately twenty-four or twenty-five years old.

Born into the Ye Family of Biluo Lake, originally the eldest son of the eldest branch of a declining Cultivation Family. Since his eighteenth birthday, he had emerged unexpectedly and risen rapidly.

He first made a name for himself through the Dao of Talisman, having successfully drawn a second-rank talisman while in the Qi Refinement Stage, shocking White Bird Market. Later, he opened a Ye Family Talisman Shop in White Bird Market, monopolizing the low-grade Talisman market and accumulating vast resources.

He possessed a second-rank spirit pet and second-rank talisman during the Qi Refinement Stage, with formidable combat power.

He successfully reached Foundation Establishment in his twenties, with a solid Foundation.

In a battle at Qingzhu Mountain, he relied on a Talisman Array to single-handedly kill two Foundation Establishment Old Ancestors of the Li Family, using thunderous means to seize the spiritual land of Longmai Mountain, thereby establishing the branch of the Ye Family of Longmai Mountain and shaking the region.

He has many wives and concubines, and his offspring are numerous.

Cultivation: Foundation Establishment Early Stage...

Xiao Caiyue's brows twitched slightly.

She subconsciously glanced at the "Intelligence Update Time" noted at the end of the jade slip—one year ago.

Information from a year ago.

But she had just been in close contact with Ye Changge and personally experienced the thickness of the spiritual power within him.

That pure and majestic spiritual power fluctuation was definitely not something a newly Foundation Establishment Cultivator could possess.

It was clearly already Foundation Establishment Second Layer, or perhaps even higher.

Within a year, leaping from Foundation Establishment Early Stage to Foundation Establishment Second Layer?

This speed of Cultivate was too astonishing.

And... Xiao Caiyue recalled that in the Formation shop just now, the Medicinal Pill, ancient recipes, and precise grasp of medicinal properties Ye Changge had mentioned—

That was clearly the Foundation that only an Alchemist could possess.

Dual Cultivation of Alchemy and Talisman?

A flash of undisguised shock crossed her eyes.

The Dao of Alchemy and the Dao of Talisman—which one was not a complex system requiring massive amounts of time and energy to study?

It not only required excellent talent but also day-after-day, year-after-year of diligent practice.

How many Cultivator exhausted their entire lives, yet might not be able to thoroughly study even one of them.

Yet Ye Changge, only in his twenties, was not only deeply accomplished in the Dao of Talisman, capable of using a Talisman Array to kill a Mid-Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator, but also had considerable achievements in the Dao of Alchemy?

These two skills, if either one were taken out alone, would be enough for him to establish a foothold in the Cultivation World and be respected by others.

And he... actually practiced both simultaneously, and had achievements in both?

Xiao Caiyue took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in her heart.

What made her feel even more complicated was the description in the intelligence about his "many wives and concubines, and numerous offspring."

On this point, Ye Changge did not hide anything from her.

Before signing the Spiritual Contract, she already knew what kind of Family she was about to marry into.

Regarding this, she had long been mentally prepared.

In the Cultivation World, it was normal for the strong to have many wives and concubines, let alone a talent like Ye Changge who achieved Foundation Establishment at such a young age and controlled a region.

It was just...

She recalled the "guidance" technique the other party had used just now in the Formation shop, which was so skilled it was almost frightening, and her cheeks burned again.

Such skilled methods, such a calm posture, were clearly those of someone who had been through many battles.

"He probably isn't a good man either," Xiao Caiyue whispered to herself, her tone devoid of much resentment, carrying more of a helpless self-mockery.

But regardless, the other party had indeed not deceived her.

He was indeed the Old Ancestor of the Ye Family of Longmai Mountain, indeed had the ability to save her, and indeed, after the contract was signed, had shown sincerity, guided her patiently, proceeded step by step, and had not been impatient or forceful.